Key GOP Senators vote against Citizenship

This will be a quick diary before bed.

The Senate voted on the Vitter Amendment today- which would strip provisions for eventual citizenships for illegals who have been here for more than 2 years.

illegals are people first not felons (for those who might forget).

The vote tally was 66-33 against the Vitter amendment.  If the Vitter amendment passed, the Senate would have followed the path of imprisonment and deportation as in the zenophobic House version (Elian Gonzalez x 11,000,000).

Below is the link of the roll call for the Vitter Amendment:
http://www.senate.gov/...

Key GOP Senators who agreed against citizenship are:

Ensign (NV), Allard (CO), Allen (VA), Talent (MO), Coryn (TX), Hutchinson (TX), Kyl (AZ), Santorum (PA)

Allen, Ensign, Talent, Kyl, and Santorum are vulnerable and up for re-election in 2006

Hutchinson is safe for 2006

2008 - Allard and Coryn are up for re-election

What do you think will be the reaction of key constiuent groups - latino americans and conservatives?

Discuss among yourselves.